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Windows 7: Cannot format, MBR, and more errors

So, I have spent the better part of the day trying to figure this out, at least the last 4 hours. My computer just went down two days ago and no reason as to why, yesterday, it spent all day trying to "starting windows" with no success. Today, I decided to look into this error and after clicking "details" I am unsure of the error code, but I do know it said the MBR was corrupt so I google'd MBR corrupt which brought me to this site's tutorial (unsuccessful due to The subsystem needed to support the image type is not present) when I try to run the bootsect off of the DVD file and I also get, Could not open the volume root directory: The parameter is incorrect when trying to do bootrec /fixmbr. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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When I type "list volume", it only gives me "F:" as the DVD-ROM and nothing else. Could this be my major malfunction? When I try to type just "C:" it gives me the error of, "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error." and I am really not wanting to play operation with my laptop.
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Hem... does your lap is still on warranty time? if not, you can see if your HDD is connected properly, check on the bios setup if it detects the HDD, if not, try to recconect it... maybe the cabe can be damaged too, but I'm almost sure it is not...

No, my laptop is no longer in warranty. And the error is as follows:
Title - Install Windows
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